Harrow



' w. E. JONES 1 HARROW I Filed Sept. 24 1921 3 sheets-sheet l W. 5 James; W 'INVENTOR WITNESS: ATTORNEY Mar. 6,' 1923. 1,447,862

7 w. E. JONES HARH'OW Filed Sept-24, 1921 5 sheets-sheefi 3 W I M tide/Yes.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 6, 1923.

"WILLIAIE EARLES JONES,

To all whom it may Be it known Kelly, Louisiana,

Improvements in Harrows,

OF KELLY, LQUISIANA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO JOHN ADAIMS, OF'MCNABY, LOUISIANA. I

HABROW.

Application filed September 2 1921. Serial No. 502,876.

concern:

I, VIILIAM E. Jones, residing at State of that of which the following is a specification.

My present invention has reference to an agricultural machine and is in the nature of a sod or clod cutter.

The primary object of the invention is to produce a dev1ce of this character in-which the ground to vbreak the lumps or down growth, and thereafter cut nto by the be harrowed is dragged to clogs as well as to beat knives of the harrow which is hingedly connected to the drag, the said knives beingso arran ed as to effectively cut and pulverize the soil and the depth at which they enter the soil is regulated by the operator on a platform It is a at the rear of the harrow.

further object to produce a soil treating implement in the nature of a combined drag and harrow in which the cuttin knives of the harrow are of a particular and peculiar a manner construction and mounted in such that the same may be readily separated for sharpening or replacement when worn.

It is a still further object to produce an the soil in an expeditious and in a better manner than like devices with which I am acquainted.

The foregoing,

will appear as and other objects which the nature of the invention is better understood, may be accomplished by a construction,

combination and operative arrangement of parts, such as is disclosed by the drawings which accompany and which form part of this specification.

In the drawings 2-- Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improvement. Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view.

Figure 5 is a sectional View on the line 55 of Figure 4. v

Figure 6 is a sectional view on the line 66 of Figure 5 looking in the direction of the arrows, the shaft on which the knives are mounted being in elevation.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of a sweep knife which maybe employed.

a As disclosed by the drawings, 1 make use of a drag and a harrow, both implements being hingedly connected, but the hinge connection is removable so that ifdesired, either implement can be independently used. The drag 1 comprises a front board 2 and a rear board 3. The rear board has its forward end arranged over the front board 2 and is bolted 7 0 or otherwise secured thereto. The boards 2 and 3. at their sides are also connected together by cleats 4:, and between the cleats the front board is preferably provided with openings for clevises that support the trees to which the draft animals are secured.

The harrow is indicated by the numeral 5, and the hinge connection between the drag and harrow by the numeral 6. The bars of the harrow, indicated by the numeral 7 are 0 suitably connected together adjacent their 1 ends. Each bar comprises any desired number of tubular sections, and each section from its ends is slitted at separate points longitudinally and the metal bounded by the slits is bent inwardly to provide ears 8, the said ears having aligning openings 9, The tube sections between the ears are slitted transversely, as at 10 for the reception of the cutting elements which are either in the'na- 9'0 ture of fiat blades 11 or sweep blades 12.

The tube sections comprising each of the bars 7 are connected together in a manner which will permit the swinging of one section independent of the remaining sections. Thus at their meeting ends I provide one of the sections with a flattened portion in the nature of a tongue 13 and the other section with slits in the nature of grooves 14, which receive the tongues 13 therein, and I pass through the ends of the interengaging sections removable pivot members 15.

The knives are secured in the slits 10 by. bolt members passing through the openings 9 in the ears 8 and similar openings 16 in the blades 11 or 12.

The frame of the harrow may be and preferably is provided at its ends with handle members 17, and between the said hendles there is secured to the rear of the herrow blade a platform '18, and it is upon this platform that the operator stands when the knives are to fully enter the earth.

By reference to the drawings, it will be seen that I have provided the herrow with three knife carrying burs that the knives of the intermediate bar are disposed centrally between the knives of the forward her, and that the rear her is provided with e greater number of I; iives than the remain ing bars, at leastv two of thknives on the said rear her being disposed oetween two Of the knives on the central her. With :1 construction as above described, the flexibly connected rod sections permit of the herrows properly entering the ground, su means, indicated by the numeral 19 oeing provided for limiting the swinging on: the sectional rods in an upward direction, and of course, the weight oi the operator on the platform regulates the extent at which the knives enter the ground. The arrangement of the knives, as above described, insures n ulverizin of the ground and the cutting 2: J 7 i.

thereinto' in a. manner which will arrange the same in mounds so that air will enter between the mounds, and it is thought that the foregoing description, when taken connection with the drawings will fully set forth the construction and edvanteges oi the improvement to those skilled in the art to which such inventions relate. It desired, the knife beams may be constructed of angle steel sections.

It is, of course, to be understood that the tubular sections be suitably reinforced by filler blocks or the like, at parts thereoi liable to weakening and that knives having curved cutting edges may be employed if de sired.

By employing curved knives as'shown in Figure ot the ('lrawings, the improvement be employed for cutting pee vines-end velvet been vines for hay and also for fortilizing purposes where the same are too heavy or rank for e mower.

Having described the inventioml claim 1. In soil treating implement, a drag, it liEMIOW to the rear of the drug and hingedly connected therewith, said-burrow including a. fl'tfll, spa-iced longitudinal bars supported by the frame, each of said bars constructed of sections which are pivotailly connected, each of said sections having its under face slotted transversely, knife blades receivedin the said slots, and means in the sections for 5, said harrow including a frame with spaced longitudinal bars, colof said bars being constructed of tuulor sections, each of said sections having in 'urned ears adjacent its ends-and trans ve se slots between the ears, knife blades rece' ed in the slots, means passing through the ears and blades for securing the blades on the bar sections, means at the confronting ends of the sections holding the same in alignment, and means pivotelly connecting the said ends of the sections whereby any of the se tions may have an independent downerd movement with respect to the other sections", and means limiting the upward movement of all of the sections.

In testimon whereof I 2E2; my signature.

W'lLLlAli/l EARLES JONES. 

